Coordinates: 55°09′58″N 8°41′06″W / 55.166°N 8.685°W
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Wolverine.
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| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Wolverine |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Launched: | 15 January 1910 |
| Fate: | Sunk in collision, 12 December 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Beagle-class destroyer |
| Length: | 274 ft (84 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 12,500 ihp (9,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engines |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 96 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × BL 4-inch (100 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns • 3 × QF 12 pdr 12 cwt Mark I 1 × 3-pounder anti-aircraft gun • 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Wolverine was a Beagle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 15 January 1910. At the outbreak of the First World War, Wolverine was part of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Destroyer Flotilla involved in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser Goeben.
In 1915, along with numerous other Beagle, River- and Laforey-class destroyers, she took part in the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. Work included naval artillery support and the landing of infantry reinforcements, particular at the exposed Anzac Cove beachhead.
On 12 December 1917, Wolverine sank following a collision with the fleet sweeping sloop Rosemary off the northwest coast of Ireland.
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